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A picture is worth a thousand words

  1. A visual image can convey an idea or an emotion more effectively than words.



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For decades going forward, historians will focus on the photo at Trump's second inauguration, with his family surrounded by the tech moguls: wealth and power, a picture is worth a thousand words.

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many is a video worth?

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a digitally altered picture of an absent British princess is apparently worth a million.

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Especially dance — if a picture is worth a thousand words, a dance must be like a novel.

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“If a picture is worth a thousand words, comparing the Squishmallows original products to Build-a-Bear’s copycats speaks volumes,” Moez Kaba, an attorney representing Kelly Toys and Jazwares, said in a statement.

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